Teenscape LaGrange

YOUNG ADULT BOOK DISCUSSION
Wednesday, March 5, 7-8 pm
Wednesday, April 2, 7-8 pm

Meet Larry, whose website is full of wit, insight, and spiritual observation. There’s one problem: Larry doesn’t actually exist. That is, Larry is really Josh, who is in love with Beth, who is in love with Larry. All becomes clear in our March book, The Gospel According to Larry by Janet Tashjian. In April, we’ll discuss Backwater by Joan Bauer, which is the tale of a girl struggling to be different – in a family full of cutthroat lawyers, she wants to be a historian. We’ll meet in the comfy confines of our new YA room for lively discussion and tasty snacks. The books are available for checkout at the Patron Services desk. Registration, beginning Feb 1, is required: Register in person, or call Noël at 352-0576 x 35, or AIM us at lgpublib.

READER’S THEATER AND MORE WITH DUMBLEDORE’S ARMY
Sunday, March 16, 2-4 pm
Sunday, April 27, 2-3 pm

Dumbledore’s Army is the YA Fantasy Fiction & Quidditch Club. (Yes, we really play quidditch indoors. The Gryffindor team remains undefeated!)
March SPECIAL EVENT: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Are you the next Daniel Radcliffe or Emma Watson? Find out in a Reader’s Theater presentation of the third book in the Harry Potter series. Everyone who attends gets to read a part. The event will be loads of fun, but it will take several hours, so be prepared. Tea and scones will be served.
April book discussion: The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Volume I by Diana Wynne Jones
Gewndolen Chant is a witch. She’s also the wildest, meanest big sister you’ll ever meet. Gwendolen and Cat, her shy younger brother, are sent to live with the mysterious Chrestomanci. Find out the magical secrets of Chrestomanci and the Chant family in this imaginative series. This month’s quidditch match will be Gryffindor vs. Beauxbatons. Butterbeer and chocolate frogs will help us celebrate warmer weather! Registration, beginning March 1, is required: Register in person, or call Deb at 352-0576 x 35, or AIM us at lgpublib.

SATURDAY MORNING TEENS AND 'TOONS
Saturday, March 22, 10 am - noon
Saturday, April 26, 10 am - noon

We’re serving up cereal, milk, o.j. and classic cartoons! Shuffle your sleepy self on in here – bring a pillow and a friend – and spend a nice lazy Saturday morning with breakfast and Batman, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Ren & Stimpy, and whatever else we dig out. Have some suggestions? Give me a call! A variety of sugary cereals, 2% milk, and orange juice will be served. Registration, beginning March 1, is required: Register in person, or call Noël at 352-0576 x 35, or AIM us at lgpublib.

COLORED EGGS AT THE VERNAL EQUINOX
Thursday, March 20, 7- 8:30 pm

What better way to celebrate the equal day/ night date than engaging in some hard-core egg coloring? Let your inner egg artiste free and see how beautiful, or wacky, you can make your eggs. We provide eggs and everything else. Registration, beginning March 1, is required: Register in person, or call Noël or Deb at 352-0576 x 35, or AIM us at lgpublib.

OPEN MIC POETRY PARTY
Friday, April 4, 7-8:30 pm
Friday, April 18, 7-8:30 pm

April is National Poetry Month! Why should you care? Because poetry is the lifeblood of human beings, and because you’ve probably written a poem or two yourself. Take a turn at our “open mic” and read or recite your favorite poems, by you or by other poets. Refreshments will be served. Registration, beginning March 1, is required: Register in person, or call Noël or Deb at 352-0576 x 35, or AIM us at lgpublib.

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Antieau, Kim. Mercy, Unbound. YA/ ANT
A haunting, beautiful, and ultimately hopeful story of one girl's struggle with anorexia.

Burgess, Melvin. Smack. YA/ BUR
Runaways Tar and Gemma find themselves growing more and more dependent on drugs, whose strict mandates are even less forgiving than those of the parents they fled.

Caletti, Deb. The Nature Of Jade. YA/ CAL
Seattle high school senior Jade's life is defined by her anxiety disorder and dysfunctional family, until she spies a mysterious boy with a baby who seems to share her fascination with the elephants at a nearby zoo.

Christie, Agatha. The ABC Murders. YA/ CHR
Hercule Poirot is sent a series of letters by a murderer challenging him to try to stop a crime if he is clever enough.

Christie, Agatha. The Mystery of the Blue Train. YA/ CHR
When a night train to the Mediterranean stops, a mysterious woman is dead, a cursed jewel is missing, and Hercule Poirot has a mystery to solve.

Dean, Zoey. American Beauty. YA/ DEA
This wickedly funny and risque book takes readers behind the scenes of the intoxicating world of Hollywood glitterati.

De Lint, Charles. The Blue Girl. YA/ DEL
After a young teen moves to a new town with her mother and brother, she tries to reinvent herself by making two friends--vastly different from one another. When one turns out to be a ghost, she realizes that reality is blurring.

Harrison, Lisy. Bratfest at Tiffany's: A Clique Novel. YA/ HAR
The Clique tells the story of an elite group of 13-year-old girls. Through the coolly observant eyes of their leader, enter a sophisticated world of ferocious put-downs, fabulous gossip, and fantastic haircuts.

Hood, Ann. How I Saved My Father's Life (And Ruined Everything Else). YA/ HOO
A twelve year old girl's quest for faith and understanding, in the face of ballet, her parents' divorce, and a move to a new town.

Manning, Sarra. Let's Get Lost. YA/ MAN
As she acts out the role of mean girl at school, with her father and brother, and even with her new boyfriend, sixteen-year-old Isabel comes to a dead end and finally confronts issues related to her mother's death.

Mlynowski, Sarah. Spells & Sleeping Bags. YA/ MLY
In the third and final title in Rachel's saga, her powers have finally arrived and she's a bona fide get-your-broom-ready witch!

Bibliographic Information ©2007 BWI

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Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian. YA/ ALE
Junior, a budding cartoonist, leaves his school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white school.

Clarke, Judith. One Whole And Perfect Day. YA/ CLA
When her grandmother decides to throw party, Lily can't imagine how her "freakish" family will make it through the day.

Jenkins, A.M. Repossessed. YA/ JEN
Readers will relish this devilishly funny look at the complexities of being a teen in this unforgettable and endearing story of a demon's sojourn on earth, where he learns more than he ever expected about humans and himself.

Le Guin, Ursula K. Powers. YA/ LEG
In this third book in the Annals of the Wester Shore series, Young Gav can remember the page of a book after seeing it once, and inexplicably, he sometimes remembers things that are going to happen in the future.

Limb, Sue. Girl, Barely 15: Flirting For England. YA/ LIM
Jess Jordan is barely 15. Fred is her often-aggravating best guy friend; her father is a lonely bachelor; Flora is her gorgeous best friend, a constant liability; and Ben Jones is barely a twinkle in her eye.

Marks, Graham. Omega Place. YA/ MAR
Seventeen-year-old Paul Hendry runs away from home and joins Omega Place, a radical organization intent on upsetting England's country-wide closed-circuit surveillance system, but soon discovers that the other members of the group may not be entirely altruistic.

Mccaughrean, Geraldine. The White Darkness : A Novel. YA/ MCC
Taken by the man she thinks of as her uncle from England to Antarctica for what she believes to be a vacation, Symone--a troubled fourteen year old--discovers that he is dangerously obsessed with seeking Symme's Hole, an opening that supposedly leads into the center of a hollow Earth.

Peet, Mal. Tamar. YA/ PEE
When her grandfather dies, Tamar inherits a box with a series of clues and coded messages. Out of the past, another Tamar emerges, a man involved in the terrifying world of resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied Holland fifty years before.

Vrettos, Adrienne. Sight. YA/ VRE
Dylan has visions of the last moments in a child's life and helps the police by giving them clues, but she keeps the most personal information about the victims to herself until Cate moves to town, but is Cate all she seems to be?

Zarr, Sara. Sweethearts. YA/ ZAR
As children, Jennifer Harris and Cameron Quick were one another's only friend. So when Cameron disappears without warning, Jenna thinks she has lost her one true friend. When Cameron suddenly reappears, both confront their changed lives.

Bibliographic Information ©2007 BWI

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Aqua Teen Hunger Force Season 5
Batman: The Animated Series Volume 2
The Best of the Three Stooges Volume 1
The Best of the Three Stooges Volume 2
Wayne's World and Wayne's World 2

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Blackalicious – The Craft
Breaking Benjamin – Phobia
Deftones – Around the Fur
Deftones – White Pony
Disturbed – Ten Thousand Fists
Jurassic 5 – Power in Numbers
Lavender Diamond – The Cavalry of Light
Lavender Diamond – Imagine Our Love
My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade
Nine Inch Nails – Year Zero
+ 44 – When Your Heart Stops Beating
Taking Back Sunday – Louder Now
The Used – Lies For the Liars

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